dbztool

What?

dbztool is a command-line tool for manipulating the bootstrap interface of a Dragonball VZ processor. It will allow you to upload and download data, run programs, examine and modify the system registers, etc. Currently it's only been tested on the Alphasmart Dana but it should work on other machines too (although a number of places in the code assume you're using UART1, which need to be fixed).

Where?

• Check out the GitHub repository and build from source.

• Ask a question by creating a GitHub issue, or just email me directly at dg@cowlark.com. (But I'd prefer you opened an issue, so other people can see them.)

How?

Dependencies are minimal, but you'll need xxd and the gcc M68K toolchain. You should just be able to edit the Makefile and then run make and get a binary (in ./dbztool).

The online help should be reasonably up to date, but as an example:

dbztool -p /dev/ttyUSB0 dump 0xfffffe00 512

However, everything's in flux, so that's basically all there is...

Who?

dbztool was written mostly by me, David Given. Feel free to contact me by email at dg@cowlark.com. You may also like to visit my website; there may or may not be something interesting there.

License?

dbztool is open source software available under the 2-clause BSD license. Simplified summary: do what you like with it, just don't claim you wrote it.